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out of square

Idioms  
  1. see under on the square.


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The crowd of art lovers sips sake out of square wood boxes in keeping with the night’s theme.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2023

There was no way the walls would rack out of square with the rigid foam in between the studs.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2023

The building has twisted over the last 100 years and is out of square.

From Time Magazine Archive

Instead he retreated to the farthest corner of the nursery, where he began building tall, wobbly towers out of square wooden blocks that he then proceeded to tip over with barely a hint of satisfaction.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

They lived in a double log house made out of square hewed logs, and with a double fireplace out of rock where they warmed theirselves on one side and cooked on the other.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives by Work Projects Administration

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